Public/private Partnership in Water Supply and Sanitation

The article has analyzed outcomes of the modernization by concluding concession contracts concerning water supply and water disposal facilities in the Russian Federation in 2016–2018. We have assessed the level of the public/private partnership application in municipal sector of the Russia Federation. The article discusses the conditions established by the state to attract investors for updating of the municipal infrastructure units. The main reasons of these projects low effectiveness are the following: insufficient volume of governmental funding of the municipal sector development programs; poor designing of the projects; and the level of the approved tariffs at the time of the contracts action. We have formulated the latest amendments and the main trends in development the water supply and water disposal concession contracts' planning and conclusion process.